In the lead up to the Olympic Games in China, Indexoncensorship.org will be publishing articles from our journal. This week, an interview with Ai Weiwei, the artistic genius behind Beijing's 'bird's nest' stadium. Read Ai Weiwei interview here...
Afaq TV, a Palestinian commercial TV station based in Nablus, was closed by Israeli soldiers yesterday for one year on the grounds that it was ‘terrorist’ media. 'We are an independent media and, regardless of what the Israeli military says, we...
Imprisoned Burmese blogger Nay Phone Latte is facing the possibility of a seven-year jail sentence after new charges were brought against him on 7 July. The new charges fall under the 1950 Emergency Provision Act, which sanctions any attempt to...
British blog Harry's Place is facing legal action from Mohammed Sawalha, the President of the British Muslim Initiative, after a post on the site claimed that an Al Jazeera article quoted him referring to 'the evil Jew' in Britain. Harry's Place,...
Wiqar Kiyani, the kidnapped Guardian stringer who was kidnapped on Sunday night was freed on 7 July. Kiyani was thrown from a vehicle near Mianwali after alleged torture with a warning not to pursue a story about a British national or tell anyone...
A new media bill has been approved by the lower house of parliament in Belarus, leaving just a few steps before the bill pass to President Lukashenko for approval. The bill would change registration procedures for the traditional media and extend...
London Metropolitan University has expressed 'regret' at offence caused to China by its recent award of an honorary doctorate to Tibetan religious leader the Dalai Lama in May. A report on state-run China Daily said that the university's...
Italians are protesting against proposed laws that could make investigative journalism almost impossible, writes Cecilia Anesi Today at 6pm Italians will gather in Piazza Navona, Rome, to demonstrate against new bills proposed by Berlusconi’s...
A draft has been passed on its first reading by the Iranian parliament which proposes to apply the death penalty to bloggers and website editors who ‘promote corruption, prostitution or apostasy’. According to article 3 of the bill, judges will be...
Photographer B Byamba Ochir, national radio and TV broadcaster H Erdenebulgan, a Japanese journalist for Fuji TV and a European photographer were hurt by demonstrators in violent protests following the 29 June legislative elections. Only state TV...
Members of the Sison family, all reporters for Regional Bulletin, were attacked by gunmen on motorcycle on 1 July in Sariaya, about 60 miles (97 kilometres) south east of Manila. Robert ‘Bert’ Sison, who reported crimes and stories critical of...
Fifty-one Indian journalists who were travelling to cover chief minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Rajasekhara Reddy visit to the Vaddera community were instead taken to the Tiruchanoor police station, in Tirupati, and kept there for three hours on...